petermcleland

High Speed Low Level Cliff Soaring - YouTube

nitpicker330

Oh, I thought you were talking about a Bangkok overnight......

BOAC

Only 15 minutes............?

funfly

Are gliders not required to observe the 100' rule?

JW411

Not when ridge soaring.

astir 8

err ..... 500 foot rule?

Gliders still exempt when ridge soaring though! I've never tried sea cliffs but get up close & personal with the Cairngorms quite often.


Very good quality for (presumably) small cameras taped to wingtip & tailplane. Must get one

mad_jock

Is it compulsory to wear a tea cozy sun hat in glider?

astir 8

Only when the sun is shining!

JW411

When you are at 27,000 feet above Aboyne surrounded by nothing but the very best polished canopy, a bunnet is quite important.

We once calculated that if you could keep the canopy into sun going up and down the wave, then that was the equivalent of a 1 KW heater.

Your feet were another problem for they were underneath the instrument panel.

I had a mate who was a Chief Tech at Brize Norton and he invented heated boots. The experiment was not entirely a success and he came down with singed feet. We all thought it was quite funny and a good night was had in Balnacoyle!

India Four Two

astir8,

Can you tell me where to find the exemption?

Look up GoPro

ChrisJ800

Nice video. Anyone know the glider type, looks like a 15m?

treadigraph

Fantastic video - I shall be walking that stretch sometime in the next year or two year and hope the conditions will be suitable for such antics to keep us entertained!

Chris, the glider is an ASW-20.

ETOPS

India Four Two

http://www.gliding.co.uk/forms/lawsandrules.pdf

6.23 Low Flying. A glider shall not fly over any congested area below
1,000 feet above the congested area or the highest fixed object within
a horizontal radius of 600 metres of the aircraft, whichever is the
higher. Nor shall it fly over or within 3,000 feet of any open-air
assembly of more than 1,000 persons (without specific CAA
permission).
Exemption to the 1,000 foot rule exists for hill soaring, for normal takeoff
or landing at licensed airfields and for life saving.
A glider shall not fly closer to any person, vessel, vehicle or structure
than 500 feet, except with the permission in writing of the Authority.
Exemption to the 500 foot rule exists for hill soaring, for normal take-off
and landing, and for life saving.
“Congested area” in relation to a city, town or settlement means any
area which is substantially used for residential, industrial, commercial
or recreational purposes
SI 2007
No 734
Rule 5, 6
ANO 2009
Art 255

cats_five

Google will find you the exemption but it is in para. 6.23 Low Flying of the BGA Laws & Rules.

http://www.gliding.co.uk/forms/lawsandrules.pdf

And don't the wings on that ASW20 bend beautifully?

ETOPS

Beat you to it by 4 minutes

cats_five

I spent too much time admiring the bendy wings...

Pace

Great video which promotes the idea of gliding to me very well! What do gliders cost? I am talking about a modern but not new middle of the range machine
All looks challenging and instinctive flying

Pace

Jim59

There are a few gliders on sale here (a popular glider pilots' forum):
Glider Pilot Network > Welcome
Many are priced.

cats_five

How long is a piece of string? Price varies greatly with condition, instrumentation and the state of the trailer.

6amtime4bed

Baleka has some amazing vids on Utube , and not all gliders cos he drives a Jumbo as a day job !!